New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12
A ROYAL faint.
THE GROWN PRINCES sHEALTH-dRnvopa
ANXIETY OF HIS WIFE AND MOTHER

ANAlEII OF l1lo w - AMI 1AVAA16ue
rraox THE nrotLAx CORRESPONDENT or TIE rnnuxa,
PARIS. May ID Y
The real state Of the German Crown Prince Is Ss.
lieved here to be kept secret to prevent Queen
Victoria SINKING under tho weight OF sorrow on the
fftieth anniversary of her coronation. have seen
letter from the Crown Princess and another from
the German Empress to q friend. in writing to
whom they feel they can pour out all their troubles
and affections. Sheltered as they have been from
the ills against which ordinary mortals have to
struggle they have not as much STRENGTH of fibre In
resisting such a terrible blow as that which now
threatens the Imperial family. The Empress how
ever, has lived on very high attitudes of thought
and feeling. II they have been cold, tie atmos-
phere upon them has been bracing She has kept
comrany with heroes and with herones of Corpeille
and with those illustrious French preachers under
whom Mme de Sevigne sat with so much edifca-
ton and comfort to herself. They have lifted up
her heart and ennobled her life and she writes
about the affection like ssTeet-soaled soIc, who is
wounded to death, but will not utter groan.
The Crown Prince Is not man of much vital 70
sistance He has trace of the nenrosis which the
blood of Paul l. brought into so many reignlng fam
lilies of Europe. His grandmother on the maternal
side was a daughter of that crowned lunatic. The
faint in tho Crown Prince shows Itself in black pre-
sentiments that creep upon anu VI
the inevitable lot of eyery human being This low
ers his vitality. He has also been the victim Of
the vaccination mania. His power to eliminates
blood virus is not great, and with his soldier-liks
respect for rule he set example OF obeaienceh
the regulation In virtue of which revaccinaton IL
imposed on German soldiers. l am told that lie has
been three times Ievaccinated since he grew up.
The terrible attack of typhoid fever from which he
so nearly died three four years ago left his body
full of dregs which with his weak powers Of el:mi-
nation are still presumably at work in IL The poison
soon showed itself in his throat. in him naturally
delicate organ. He 10 thought by DR.. Mack ie to
be afflicted with tumor of the polypus kind Pro-
lessor Virchow believes it to be bat does
not dare to say 1t is thought better 30 let The
terrible truth come gradually on those near ana
dear to the Prince, and to whom he is an object OF
almost worshipful love. Tho proferation Of tia
tumor or rather tumors. for there are several OF
them, is sngularly rapid. The waters of Ems
have tended to accelerate their growth. and they
press in very painful way on the glands and
bloolvessels of the throat, and are spreading down
to the bronchial tubes TO threaten suloeation.
An artificial appliance has secured to the lur 20 an
alequate supply of air; but the pain and !neonve-
nlence from which the Imperial patient suffers are
hard to endure. HIS wife writes that his patiencs
| is that of an angelw She never knew before what
dying daily meant" What tortures her most is
TO see her husbands efforts to hide his state from
| those around him and SO spare their cruelty wruna
hearts"
The German Crown Prince is of a lesl ana kindly
| disposition He adores his wife. who Is duty-ov'
ing woman with bright and sturdy in elect. She
sees through the falsies and vanties of the world
and has passionate love for truth. for art and for
nature She has been, as the Germans say, III tner
pedantic phraseology, raising herself through
wide range Of activity to a high consciousness, as
her mother-in-lsw mas done through meditation and
reading and the discharge of the duties Of her high
| position The Crown Princess Is ambitious OF one
day shining in history the beniiicent and right
thinking German Empress. She has warm and
pure heart and though in blood a German aud
bound to Germany by her husband aud children,
speaks of England as her home her " dear native
land" and envies her younger sisters whose lots are
permanently cast in the mother country. sac has
never since she got married, twenty-nine years ago
been free from inconsistencies
Lord Lyons gave yesterday his annual banquet
in celebration of the Queens birthday. Ii may be
the last time he will preside at the dinner table III
the British Embassy, the Tories wanting TO pat
political partisan in his place. Lord Salisbury
| thought Of sending here Lord Lytton and vas pre-
| vented from doing so by NJ Lahouchere v h. put
| spoke in the Lytton-Salisbury wheel Oy rails up
his voice IN the Committee OF Ways and Means
| $4,000 a year-the retiring pension 10 winch
Lord Lyons is entIted-by ins sting on his retire
| ment, lie being still u much Detter man Tor tue
office than any Her Majestys Goycrumeut can
| find Lord Lyons is n man CT few words. For tHe
first time his life. perhaps he YESTERDAY evening
delivered short speech in proposing Her lesty
health. The usual formula is simply | he Queen
with the action of slightly raising glass III which
payne has been poured. lie III tie matter Of
| alcoholic drinks total abstainer but wlhc -
| plentifuly served at his table. When The Queen
| has been drunk he again stands up and says he
| President of the Republic" The band OF the Re-
| publican guard play Sod Save the Queeu.' IN 4
| greenhouse which the banquettins room opens
after the first toast Is proposed, and ALTER the sec
opd The Marseiaise." All the servants OF TIE En-
| bassy gather in the ball room to hear the MUSIC.
Lord Lyons is one OF the kindest and rnest Of Eng
| lshmen. lie is the son OF an honest English sailor
| and though he has been ii ty years IN the diplo
| matte profession it has not twisted his naturally
straightfor disposition. All it has done has
! been to make him guarded in his speech aud shy
with persons with whom he feels he wonld be 10 4
game OF knavery very unequally matched.
should imagine that the deaths Of his sister the
nece-iu-aw. the young Duchess, have been heavy
blow to him. But he gives no sign OF grief and hi>'
charges the duties OF HIS station as he were SUI
| fering from no such bereavement. After the death
| of the late Duke of Norfolk LOld Lyons was the
guardian OF his young family. Some years ago he
| mad nearly always some of his nleces the iaiies
! Howard on visit at the Embassy, anu bis sister
! constantly WAS his guest there She was an edcr v
lady of simple manners aud bounteous disposition.
Lord LYONS since he came here has acted bm>i.
ness with twenty-one different Ministers OF For
eign Affairs and should fancy Is tired of the shift
ness of French politics.